sadite

French

Etymology

From sa +‎ dite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.dit/

Determiner

sadite f (masculine sondit, masculine plural sesdits, feminine plural sesdites)

  1. (archaic) his said, her said, its said
    • 1807, Franco-Russian treaty of Tilsit:
      Sadite Majesté promet de reconnaître, sur les notifications qui lui seront faites de la part de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon, les souverains qui deviendront ultérieurement membres de la confédération, en la qualité qui leur sera donnée par les actes qui les y feront entrer.
      His said Majesty also promises, information being communicated to hint on the part of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, to acknowledge those sovereigns who may hereafter become members of the confederation, according to their rank specified in the act of confederation.
Possessive determiner contractions with ledit
possessee
singular plural
m f m f
possessor singular 1st mondit madite mesdits mesdites
2nd tondit tadite tesdits tesdites
3rd sondit sadite sesdits sesdites
plural 1st notredit notredite nosdits nosdites
2nd votredit1 votredite1 vosdits1 vosdites1
3rd leurdit leurdite leursdits leursdites

These determiners are archaic. They chiefly occur in legal writing with possessive titles:

mondit Seigneur = Monseigneur qui a été dit

1 Also used as a polite singular form.

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